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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024109282 · 10/4/2024 · Plymouth Tube Company

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Plymouth Tube Company
Location
2056 Young Street, EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, 53120
NAICS
331210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unjamming a die with a pry bar during a die change on a pointer machine. The machine cycled and the die crushed their left hand fingers. The employee sustained an amputation to their middle finger, a partial amputation to their ring finger, and a crushed index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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